Mastering The Manual Tire Changer: Top Tips After 1 Year Of Use.
If you have a manual tire changer or are thinking of getting one and want to know more about them, here's my manual tire changer one year update with some thoughts & tips I've learned along the way.
With 30 tires and counting now, this little manual tire changer with the very popular duckhead modification attachment has been one of the most useful little shop tools I've purchased in a long time. It has paid for itself along with all the other accessories and consumables several times over never mind the time it has saved. With that said, it does take a little practice to get both proficient and efficient using it. Hopefully these tips will help you shorten your own learning curve and save you from making a few mistakes along the way.
The convenience of being able to perform your own tire services at home along with that wonderful DIY feeling of being totally self reliant is hard to overstate :) No more tire shop wheel damage, no more tire shop needless & costly upsells, no more tire substitutions all while working at your own pace and being as detailed oriented as you wish.
Time Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Tire Changer Location Tip
02:53 Bead Breaking Tips
05:38 Tire Dismounting Tips
10:40 Inspecting Your Wheels
12:13 Tire Mounting Tips
15:58 Balancing Tips
Link to my Tire Changer Series Playlist:
• Manual Tire Changer & ...
Most items used in this manual tire changer series:
- Manual Tire Changer (DOESN'T INCLUDE DUCK-HEAD MODIFICATION)
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- Duck Head Modification Attachment I use:
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- Lucid Autowerks Duck Head Options:
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- Bubble Balancer
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- Digital Tire Pressure Fill Gauge
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- 1/2 oz Stick on Wheel Weights
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- Alligator Brand Premium TR413 Valve Stems (the only stems I will use now):
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- CK Auto TR413 Valve Stems
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- Low Cost Valve Stem Tool
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- Higher End Valve Stem Tool
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- Tire Lubrication Paste
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- Tire Lubrication Liquid
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- Tire Lube Brush
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- Tire Lube Swab
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- Drop Center Wheel Clamp
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- 24" Tire Iron
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- Nylon Wheel Scratch Protecting Socks for above tire iron (I use these corghi ones)
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- Strong Rectangular Rare Earth Magnet Sets (I used the 30x13.5x5mm ones)
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- Brake Clean
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- Gtechniq C5 Ceramic Wheel Coating
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DISCLAIMER: This video is for information and entertainment purposes only. It's no substitute for prior tire removal/installation experience and/or training. You DIY tire service at your own risk.
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Manual Tire Changer Series Playlist: kzhead.info/channel/PLZV8xZm3OCXwAtpBzFwISFAKT5ZdaMY2l.html
Thank you SO MUCH for this information. Tire shops in my area have gotten crazy expensive on mounting and balancing. Also, flat repair is also crazy expensive. I do all my own car repairs, but never tackled tires. I'm now going to order my own tires and do it myself! I'm grateful for folks like yourself who take YOUR time to share this great information. It is much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful - have fun with your own DIY tire service 👍🙂
They need to pay you and give you royalties to use your add on attachments to better improve what they seemed to have a hard time coming up with.. Plus it was well worded the way you explained it for even a woman to understand and do as you explained to. *Subscribed...
Good stuff, I bought one of these probably 10 years ago, its saved me a ton of money, same with the bubble balancer!
Nice 👍
you go me sooo convinced i need to start doing my own tire changes... every time i pay to put new tires on a car i feel like im being scammed.
Very informative video. Will buy one 🙂
Glad it was helpful - thanks for watching 🙂
Very nice presentation. Thank you for your effort. Very good and popular topic choice. I learned a lot.
Thanks for watching 🙂
11:12 Every time without fail we get slow leaks from new tires. It happens to all three vehicles we own that have aluminum rims. The 4th car we own with steel rims never leaks though. I guess they can't gouge the steel as easy as they can the aluminum.
Thank you!! These videos are great.
Glad you like them & thanks for watching.
I just ordered one. I plan on using Plastidip on the pry bar ends or I guess I could just wrap them in electrical tape.
that's the problem, can't find shop do it with care. scratches on the edge, lug well, you name it. it happens everywhere...
Thanks for this video. I bought this same tire changer. I did clean up the weld at center because it damaged one of my centers on the first rim I changed tires. It seems the cone is loose on the shaft and does not center well on the shaft. Where did you find one that fits so well in the video if I may ask? I made my own duckbill mod and used it today for the first time, so cool. The bubble balance worked as is, yet it took time to find a perfect center. I may try your mod on that later.
I made mine on Tinkercad (free & easy to use 3D design software) and then 3D printed it.
@@Rchelicopterfun That is nice. The only place this tire changer is off is in its smaller 1.5 shaft, lengths of the top tube and screw assembly. I am definitely going to get the new Harbor Freight for the for the larger better fitting shaft assembly. It is on sale right now for less than $50 and you cannot buy the metal for that price. Thanks
Have you static balanced the boxster wheels?
Yep, when I replaced its tires last summer - all good 🙂
@@Rchelicopterfun that's good to know, I thought it might be an issue with the wider rims, what's the rear width on boxster? I've got 9j balance and I'm considering a bubble balance, I understand the difference between static and dynamic balance but I've seen some good results with the older bubble method 😊
I believe the the rears are 8.5J (they take 255/40/17 tires).
What specifically are & where did you get the nylon or rubber plugs to top the holes made by the drop in anchors?
Great vid series, by the way.
I 3D printed my nylon plug/screws, but you can purchase them too. Just Google search "countersunk nylon screws" All sorts come up. 🙂
tire mounting is always done by their lowest level employees who could not care less